Railway-tie and brace.



H. M. BODINE.

RAILWAY TIE AND BRAGB.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.25,1913.

1,1 19,232. Patented Dec. 1, 1914.

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RAILWAY TIE AND BBAGE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.25,1913.

Patented Dec. 1, 1914.

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HENRY M. IBODINE, OF WICHITA, KANSAS.

RAILWAY-TIE AND BRACE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1, 1914.

Application filed January 25, 1913. Serial No. 744,185.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY M. Bonnvn, citizen of the United States,residing at Wichita, in the county of Sedgwick and State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties and Braces,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in railway ties andmore particularly to metallic or concrete ties and means for securingthe rails in place upon the tie, and the object of my invention is toprovide a tie having wedge shaped terminals adapted to be partiallyburied under the ballast of the road-bed and having their bottomportions bellied downwardly to seat deeply in the road bed, thisconstruction strengthening the central portion of the tie and at thesame time giving it a tendency to work down into the road-bed, forcingthe earth or ballast toward the ends of the tie to provide a strongfoundation, instead of allowing the earth or ballast to work from theends toward the middle as it does with the usual flat bottom ties.

A further object of my invention is to provide a tie of the abovedescribed character provided with rail receiving seats, the railreceiving seat at one end of each tie being provided with an undercutshoulder engaging over the outer flange of the rail to hold the sameagainst all upward movement or movement toward the adjacentend of thetie. And a further object of my invention is to provide a simple andeffective fastening device, adapted to be employed in connectionwiththese rail seats for securingthe rails in place upon the tie. And astill further object of my invention is to provlde a novel arrangementof metallic reinforcing and bracing elements in the tie when the latteris constructed of concrete.

With these and other objects in View, my

invention will be more fully described, illus trated in the accompanyingdrawings, and then specifically pointed out in the claims which areattached to and form a part of this application.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of railwaytrack, showing my improved ties in use; Fig. 2 is atop plan view of oneof the ties; Fig. 3 1s a central longitudinal sectional view of a concrete tie constructed in accordance with my invention, showing thepositioning of the reinforcing elements; Fig. 4 is a transverse sectionon the line 4- 1 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a similar section, showing amodified form of construction.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The preferred form of my improved tie, which as a whole is indicated bythe numeral 10, is rectangular in plan view, as shown, with the endportions of its upper face inclined downwardly to provide wedgeshapcdterminals 11 and 12 which may be partially buried in the ballast of theroadbed and with its bottom portion bellied downwardly centrally, asshown at 13.

The top of the tie is provided with a transverse channel equal in widthto the gage of the track and providing spaced apart vertical shoulders14 and 15 against which the rails, conventionally shown at 16 and 17,hear when in place. As shown, the

wedgeshaped terminal 19.. is thicker than.

the opposite terminal 11 and the shoulder 15 is therefore higher thanthe shoulder 14. That rail seating against the shoulder 14 engagesagainst the same by its outer flange, while that rail seating againstthe shoulder 15 engages said shoulder by its web portion, the shoulderbeing undercut as shown at 18 to receive the outer flange of said rail.

As shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, the channeled face of the tie isfurther channeled to form rail seats in conjunction with the shoulders14 and 15 providing spaced, vertical shoulders 19 against which theinner flanges of the rails bear and the rails are secured in place intheir seats by means of a locking plate 20 formed of metal, this platebeing positioned upon the top of the tie with its upwardly curved endportions 21 hearing upon the upper face of the inner rail flanges andwith its central portionbearing upon the upper face of the tie, one ormore bolts 22 being passed through the tie and plate adjacent each endof the plate and secured in place by nuts 23. In laying a track withthis form of tie, the alternate ties are reversed end for end in such aman ner that while the rail 17 seats beneath the undercut shoulder 15 ofone tie, the rail 16 will seat beneath the undercut shoulders 15 ofadjacent ties. By this arrangement, the rails are firmly secured to thetie without the necessity of providing both ends of the tie with theundercut shoulder The above described tie may be formed of wood, metalor other suitable material, but is preferably formed of concrete andwhen so formed is reinforced in a manner which will be hereinafter fullyexplained. The re inforcing elements of. the tie, when constructed ofconcrete, consist of two rods or bars of resilient metal of suitablestrength, and of any desired crosssectional shape, these reinforcingelements being designated as a whole by the numerals 24 and 25. As bestshown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, each of these elements extendssubstantially throughout the entire length of the tie, being, completelyembedded in the concrete forming the body thereof. The first of theseelements is bowed centrally and embedded in the concrete with its bowedportionspaced slightly above the bottom of the tie and with the endportions curved upwardly and extending inwardly as shown at 26 and 27 toreinforce the rail engaging shoulders 14: and 15. The free end portionsof this element are then extended in parallel spaced relation to theinclined faces of the wedge-shaped terminals 11 and 12 of r the tie asshown at 28 and 29 to strengthen said portions. The second reinforcingelement 25 is also bowed centrally and is embedded in the concretestructure of the tie with its bowed or arched portion directed upwardlyand spaced but a slight distance below the upper face of the tie andwith its end portions extending outwardly into the wedge-shapedterminals of the tie, said end" portions being spaced slightly above thelower face of the tie, as shown at 30.

From the foregoing description, it will be apparent that these tworeinforcing elements form a double. arch which double arch strengthensthe tie, making it practically impossible to break or crack the same,these elements not only strengthening the Wedgeshaped ends of the tieand the middle of the tie, but also reinforcing the rail engagingshoulders thereof.

Although I have described the tie as formed with but two reinforcingelements, 24 and 25, it will be understood that each of these elements,may, if desired, consist of a number of spaced rods or bars, allsimilarly bent and embedded in the concrete in spaced relation, as shownin Fig. .5 of the drawings. For;laying tracks where traffic isparticularly heavy, this latter form is preferable and in this form thereinforcing elements 24 and 25 are preferably alternately arranged.

The bolts 22 employed in securing the locking plate in position may bepassed through both the concrete of the tie and the reinforcing elementsas shown in Fig. l or through the concrete alone as shown in Fig. 5, thelatter construction being preferable as it does not weaken thereinforcing elements or affect their elasticity. From the foregoingdescription it will be apparent that I have provided an extremely simpleandeffectiveform of tie construction and that a tie constructed in themanner described and reinforced as set forth will be exceptionallystrong and possess the further advantage of working into the roadbed andforcing the ballast from the center toward the ends of the tie to bringit directly under the pressure exerted upon the tie by the passingtrains.

It will of course be understood that I do not wish in any way to limitmyself to the specific tie structure illustrated in the drawings anddescribed in the specification as changes may at any time be madewithout departing from the spirit of my invention.

The channels forming the rail seats of the tie are preferably made deepenough to receive blocks of wood or plates of metal 31 upon which therails seat, these blocks forming a firm rest for the rails even thoughthe cement crumbles slightly from exposure to the weather..

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A tie including a body member having upwardly directed rail engagingshoulders,

and an arcuate reinforcing element embedded in the tie with its oeneralportion spaced above the bottom thereof and its end portions extendingupwardly, said end portions being bent inwardly to reinforce theshoulders and the terminals being then extended outwardly and downwardlyinto the terminals of the body.

2. A tie including a body member having rail engaging shoulders andwedge-shaped terminals, the central portion of the body member beingbellied downwardly, a resilient reinforcing element extendinglongitudinally throughout the length of the tie and with its centralportion bowed upwardly, and a second resilient reinforcing memberextending longitudinally of the tie with its central portion boweddownwardly, the end portions of said latter element being inclined inspaced relation to the inclined faces .of the wedge-shaped terminals ofthe tie and certain portions of said element being extended into theshoulders of the tie to reinforce the same.

3. A tie including a body member having rail engaging shoulders spacedapart and adaptedto engage against the outer flanges of the rails, and aresilient reinforcing eleentirely enveloped therein, said element hav-In testimony whereof I affix my signature ing its en? portions hpalssedbeneatlfi those in presence of two witnesses.

ortions 0 the tie W ic su ort t e mi s 5nd extended upwardly and t heninwardly HENRY BQDINE' into the rail engaging shoulders and thenWitnesses: outwardly and downwardly therefrom into E. S. Bnonm, the endportions of the tie. FRED. E. RnMMERs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G."

